• BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That “obvious mistake” is made every day by teens, some not even old enough to drive. I’m sure letting them fend for themselves is the best way to instill responsibility and not a recipe for child neglect or abandonment, but not like that’s a recipe for a future criminal or junkie.

    /s

    • Reddit_Is_Trash@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      Ok, but giving them money is literally rewarding them for these actions. Taking money out of my paycheck via taxes is not the answer

      • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        You should realize it’s going to cost more of your tax money to throw those kids in prison once they have grown into terrible people because they were shunned by society. They aren’t raising your taxes because of this.

        They are taking a bit of tax money that you already have to pay and allocating it to helping people instead of buying another missile with it. It’s not like your taxes would go down if they stopped helping pregnant teens.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Well if you are so very concerned about the taxpayer dollars you should be a supporter of this. A rubber is a whole lot cheaper than a single teenager mom with baby. It’s thousands of dollars just to birth a baby with a healthy pregnancy.